Those pictures are definitely not after the Philadelphia series. Mats has been unable to shave his playoff beard because of stitches he took following some collision in the final game, so those pictures are from some time ago.

I would have said they might have been taken after the Leafs eliminated the Sens, but that's such a normal event that it wouldn't have been worth celebrating. ;)

I saw those pictures in an e-mail about a year ago, so they're hardly new news.

I find it distressing that the Leafs are holding onto Quinn for another year. Pat Quinn and his philosophy of "You can't play unless you've been in the NHL for 10 years, or are Nik Andropov" is really hurting the Leafs. The lockout is going to cause this anyway, since half the team is going to end up retiring, but the Leafs need to fire Quinn and totally revamp their lineup. I'd keep Leetch, Sundin, Domi, and McCabe as building blocks and then dump everyone else.

Mario's threats are real but right now he's just posturing for the best deal from the city. And it seems to be working; they've already dropped their request of the Pens' contribution to the arena from $4.1 million per year for 30 years to $1.6.